Some Emigrants to Virginia
Second Edition, Enlarged
Memoranda in Regard to Several Hundred Emigrants to Virginia
During the Colonial Period Whose parentage
is Shown or Former Residence Indicated by Authentic Records
Compiled by W. G. Stanard
Publ. by The Bell Book and Stationery Co., Richmond,
Virginia 1915(Transcribed by Sharon Wick)

PREFACE

The following list
was begun during leisure hours with the expectation that it
would be very much shorter than it is, and without any
special idea of publication. After some progress had
been made the compiler grew interested in ascertaining how
many such instances could be discovered in readily
accessible sources, and when it was completed it was thought
that, though it consisted only of brief memoranda, it was
probably worth preserving in print.
No attempt has before been made to collect the names of
the various emigrants to Virginia in regard to whose
parentage, family connections, or former homes something
definite could be learned. In the list here presented
there is no claim for exhaustiveness, nor is there any
attempt to give many details as to ancestry, social
position, or occupation. It is a list of names with
brief notes concerning them, and with references to printed
books or manuscripts, where proofs of the statements made
are either given in full or epitomized. It is not
intended as an enumeration of gentry but includes all ranks
from the laborer to the lord.
Though of use, no doubt, for genealogical
investigations, the compilation was made made for that
purpose; but to give examples of the great variety of people
who composed the emigrants to the old colonies.
Some of the persons, whose names are given, died
without issue, others returned to England, and of still
others nothing is known but the name. Yet they all
lived in Virginia, and with their different characters,
habits, and antecedents helped to make the colony what it
was and to mould the character of the Virginia people.
The principal sources used have been the Virginia
Magazine of History and Biography (cited as V. M.), the
William and Mary Quarterly (cited as W. M.), Waters'
Gleanings (cited as W. G.), the New England
Historical and Genealogical Register, various other
well-known genealogical and biographical works, and a large
collection of manuscript notes from Virginia county records
in the possession of the compiler. In the Virginia
Magazine of History and Biology Mr. Lothrop
Withington's Gleanings" have furnished numerous
names. In many instances, where
there has been no opportunity for minute investigation, only
one year of an emigrant's residence in Virginia has been
noted. The name of the emigrant is first given,
followed next by his dates, and immediately after this the
place of his residence in Virginia, and finally the foreign
reference. When details as to ancestry are given in
the authorities referred to, as in the case of John West,
Edward Digges, and many others, it has not been deemed
necessary to add the social designation of gentleman,
esquire, &c. This has been only done, as a rule, in
cases where contemporary records affix such titles to the
emigrant's name and the compiler knew nothing of his
ancestry.
In conclusion, it should be said that no statements
have been made for which it is believed there is not full
proof in reliable records. All probabilities, however
strong or reasonable, and all merely traditional accounts
have been omitted. This is also the case in regard to
some positive statements as to parentage or descent for
which no authority has been given.
It will be observed that many prominent Virginia names
are omitted form this list. The emigrant ancestors of
the families of Alexander, Berkeley (Middlesex, &c.),
Braxton, Brockenbrough, Brooke, Carter, Chew, Cocke (of
Henrico, Surry, &c.), Dandridge, Eppes, Farrar, Jefferson,
Grymes (Middlesex), Harrison (Surry, &c.), Harwood, Hooe,
Kenner, Kennon, Lee, Madison, Marshall, Mason, Newton
(Norfolk), Perrott, Pettus, Ppe, Poythress, Rootes, Ruffin,
Slaughter, Steptoe, Stith, Swann, Taliaferro, Venable, Walke,
Whiting, Willoughby (Norfolk), and many other well-known
names have not been traced positively to their former homes
across the sea. It has been only recently that any
work has been done towards this end in the English records,
and it is hoped that many more details will yet be
delivered.

ABRAHALL,
ROBERT (in Virginia 1681, &c.), New
Kent county. In 1681, Richard Cawthorn
and Ann his wife, administratrix of her late
husband, Thomas Arahall, citizen and
skinner, of London, gave a power of attorney to
recover property in the hands of MR. Robert
Abrahall of New Kent county, Va. A
deed from the latter to Wm. Bassett bears
on the seal the arms of Abrahall of
Herefordshire.
Middlesex Records.

ADAM, ROBERT
(b. 1731), Alexandria; son of Rev. John Adam,
D. D., and Janet Campbell, his wife,
of Kirkbride, Scotland.
"The Lodge of Washington", p. 73

BAKER, JOHN (in Virginia 1653), Lower
Norfolk county; son and heir of John Baker,
"of St. Martin's in the Fields in the county of
Middlesex, near London" (dead in 1653). John
Baker, Jr., refers to property in that
parish and in "Benfield towards Windsor."
Lower Norfolk Records.

BANKS, THOMAS(1642-1697),
Northumberland county; born at Woodstock,
Wiltshire; son of Thomas Banks, gent.,
and at Woodstock, Wiltshire; son of Thomas
Banks, gent., and Dorothy his wife.
W. M., XIII, 46.

BASKERVILLE, JOHN (d. 1675), York
county; son of John Baskerville, Esq., of
Old Withington, Cheshire.
V. M., XV, 58-60

BASSETT, WILLIAM (d. 1672), New Kent
county; son of William Bassett, yeoman,
of Newport, Isle of Wight. He had been an
officer in the English garrison at Dunkirk
(probably in Alsop's regiment) until it was
evacuated in 1662.
Keith's Ancestry of Benjamin Harrison," 27-29

BAUGH, THOMAS, "absent in Virginia,"
1634. (Vistation of the County of
Worcester, 1684-85, ed. by W. C. Metcalf),West and Shirley Hundred," 1623, and at
the "College Land" (Henrico), 1825. Son of
John BAugh and grandson of Rowland
Baugh, Esq., of Twining, in the county of
Worcester.
Visitation of Worcestershire, 1683-84, edited by W.
C. Metcalfe (Exeter, 1883)>
V. M., VII, 424.

BAUGH, WILLIAM (In Virginia 1639,
&c.), late of London (Probably William Baugh,
who was born in 11610, and was J. P. for
Henrico county, 1656, &c.)
V. M., XIX, 193.

BECKINGHAM, ROBERT (d. 1675),
Lancaster county; names in will his father,
Mr. Robert Beckingham; sister Martha,
wife of MR. John Burroughs;
brothers-in-law John Cume and Aubin
parish of St. Edmund's, in Sarum. In 1669
was "of Portsmouth [Eng.], merchant."
Lancaster Records.

BICKLEY, JOSEPH (d. before 1751),
King William county; son of Sir Francis
Bickley, Bart., of Attleborough Hall,
Norfolk. (Joseph Bickley's son
William, of Louisa county, succeeded to the
baronetcy in 1752.
W. M., V., 29-30-124-125

BOOTH, THOMAS (1662-1736), Gloucester
county; "born in Lancashire" (epitaph). A
chart pedigree of the family, prepared many yeas
ago, states that he was son of St. John Booth,
son of John Booth, son of Sir George
Booth whose son William was the
father of the first Lord Delamere.W. M., II, 223, 273, 274

BYRD, WILLIAM (1652-1704), Henrico
and Charles City counties; son of John Byrd,
goldsmith, of London. Pedigrees prepared
in London in 1702 and 1763 trace John Byrd's
ancestry to the Byrds of Brexton,
Cheshire.
Pedigree in "Writings of Col. Wm. Byrd" (Basset
ed.), and in "Beau Monde" (Richmond, April 7,
1894).